shop; small store; business; firm
apartment building; housing complex
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
overestimation; overvaluing
passengers getting on and off (a train)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
everything; anything; nothing
westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
line; queue; procession; matrix
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
meanwhile; in the meantime
two at a time; two by two; in twos
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
additional order; adding to an existing order
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
the last moment; the very end
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer; rug; carpet
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)